Abstract:
A condenser includes: a top face of a tube plate on which acrylic acid may be condensed inside the condenser; a spray for spreading a polymerization inhibitor on the tube plate; a first polymerization inhibitor supply tube for supplying the polymerization inhibitor to the spray; and a supporter for supporting the spray at a predetermined position. The supporter supports the first polymerization inhibitor supply tube outside the condenser. The condenser allows a stable continuous operation for a long period of time by preventing polymerization of an easily polymerizable compound in the condenser into which a vapor of an easily polymerizable compound is supplied with a simple structure thereof.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a method for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid by gas phase catalytic oxidation reaction, which can perform smooth temperature control of the heat medium, can prevent hot spot effectively and can be handled easily, and an apparatus.The invention are a method for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid by carrying out gas phase catalytic oxidation reaction of propane, propylene, isobutylene or (meth)acrolein with an oxygen-containing gas using an inorganic salt as a reaction temperature adjusting heat medium, characterized in that the material of a gland packing member which seals body part of a regulating valve arranged on a heat medium feeder and controlling supply and circulation velocity of the heat medium and a rotation axis that interfits to the body part, in such a manner that they can perform sliding, is a mica-based material, and a production apparatus.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for vapor phase catalytic oxidation which is almost free of variations in reaction states in respective reaction tubes of the fixed bed multi-tube heat-exchanger type reactor.Provided is a method for vapor phase catalytic oxidation for obtaining a reaction product gas by using a fixed bed multi-tube heat-exchanger type reactor provided with a plurality of reaction tubes and by feeding a raw material gas inside the reaction tubes packed with a catalyst, wherein the method comprises:adjusting pressure losses of the respective reaction tubes so that the pressure losses of the respective reaction tubes after catalyst packing is within ±20% of an average pressure loss of the reaction tubes by: packing an inert substance at a raw material gas inlet portion of the reaction tubes or removing and re-packing the catalyst packed, for a reaction tube having a pressure loss lower than the average pressure loss of the reaction tubes; and removing and re-packing the catalyst packed, for a reaction tube having a pressure loss higher than the average pressure loss of the reaction tubes.
Abstract:
A decomposition reaction apparatus or distillation apparatus for acrylic acid in which a column bottom liquid heated in a reboiler (5) is supplied from a supply port (1a) provided on a side wall of a column body (1) having: a top plate (12a) above the supply port (1a); and an impingement plate (12b) provided vertically to the top plate (12a), for preventing scattering of the column bottom liquid to a supply direction. The top plate (12a) is provided such that the top face of the top plate (12a) is inclined downward from a base end to a tip end. The present invention allows: suppression of formation of a polymerized product due to flowing of a liquid or gas heated in a reboiler into a column with a simple structure; and a stable continuous operation of column equipment over a long period of time.
Abstract:
A method for purifying a crude (meth)acrylic acid obtained by a vapor phase catalytic oxidation method, characterized in that the crude (meth)acrylic acid having most parts of water and acetic acid removed therefrom, is fed to and distilled in a first distillation column of a purification system comprising first to third three distillation columns, the top fraction from the first distillation column is fed to and distilled in the second distillation column, the resulting top fraction is recovered as a high purity (meth)acrylic acid product, the bottoms from the first and second distillation columns are fed to and distilled in the third distillation column, and the resulting top fraction is fed to the first distillation column.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a method for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid by gas phase catalytic oxidation reaction, which can perform smooth temperature control of the heat medium, can prevent hot spot effectively and can be handled easily, and an apparatus. The invention are a method for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid by carrying out gas phase catalytic oxidation reaction of propane, propylene, isobutylene or (meth)acrolein with an oxygen-containing gas using an inorganic salt as a reaction temperature adjusting heat medium, characterized in that the material of a gland packing member which seals body part of a regulating valve arranged on a heat medium feeder and controlling supply and circulation velocity of the heat medium and a rotation axis that interfits to the body part, in such a manner that they can perform sliding, is a mica-based material, and a production apparatus.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a method for producing (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrolein from at least one of propylene, propane, isobutylene and (meth)acrolein as a raw material by carrying out its gas phase catalytic oxidation reaction with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas using a multi-tubular reactor, which is a method that can be operated more safely by feeding a gas prepared in advance by mixing the raw material with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas safely into the reactor by controlling generation and propagation of fire. The invention is a method for producing (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrolein, characterized in that a mixed gas formed by mixing the aforementioned raw material with the aforementioned molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas is fed into the aforementioned reactor via a piping equipped with a flame arrester.
Abstract:
In an apparatus capable of distilling and refining an easily polymerizable substance, piping is performed so that when a strainer in action is switched to a backup strainer, the strainer can be switched after removing air in the backup strainer to replace air in the backup strainer with a discharge liquid of a pump. According to the apparatus, switching the strainers installed on an upstream side of the pump for extracting a liquid of a vacuum distillation column, which distills and refines the easily polymerizable substance, can be performed with no trouble during operation of the distillation column. When the apparatus includes a device for measuring a differential pressure between an upstream side and a downstream side of the strainer in action, two or more strainers installed in parallel can be switched at proper times and the easily polymerizable substance can be produced efficiently.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid, with which method even when air that contains a lot of floating particles is used as an oxygen source, without suffering from deterioration of catalyst performance owing to coking and so on of the catalyst and inconveniences such as an increase in the pressure difference and clogging of a reaction tube, with a high yield and stably over a long time, acrolein and/or acrylic acid can be produced. The present invention relates to a method of producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid by subjecting propylene or propane to a gas phase oxidation with an oxygen-containing gas under the presence of an oxidation catalyst, wherein as an oxygen source air from which the floating particles are removed is used.
Abstract:
Clogging of a distillation column by polymerization caused by a change of the production rate of (meth)acrylic acid, is prevented to carry out a stabilized operation over a long period. A process for producing (meth)acrylic acid, which includes a purification step wherein a (meth)acrylic acid-containing material to be purified is supplied to and distilled by a distillation column, wherein during a cut operation in which the production rate of (meth)acrylic acid is reduced by α% relative to the production rate of (meth)acrylic acid during the ordinary operation, the liquid/gas flow rate in the distillation column is adjusted to be at least (100−α/2)% of the liquid/gas flow rate during the ordinary operation.